Woman reportedly built shrine for clothes, shoe collection This story has been modified since its original posting.

Detectives say accused embezzler Annette Yeomans, 51, built a
shrine for hers, converting a bedroom in her Escondido home into a
closet, complete with a crystal chandelier, granite island and
plasma TV.

Among her clothes, she is said to have organized $240,000 worth
of designer shoes, a Polaroid snapshot showing which treasured pair
was inside each of 400 boxes.

It wasn't limited space that brought her shopping to an end. On
Friday, Yeomans turned herself in at the Vista jail, accused of
grand theft and embezzlement after investigators say she stole
about $25,000 a week over a period of seven years from a San Marcos
cabinetry business. Her bail is $10 million.

Sheriff's financial crimes Sgt. Mark Varnau said from 2001 until
February 2008, Yeomans was chief financial officer for Quality
Woodworks Inc. in San Marcos, where her husband also worked as a
cabinet installer.

He said that detectives discovered that she stole about $9.9
million during that period, making charges to her credit card, then
paying the cards off with company checks.

"She was bleeding them and then able to cover her tracks,"
Varnau said.

He said the company never hired an outside auditor to check the
books and was apparently profitable enough that no one noticed the
loss. Yeoman's husband apparently did not know about her alleged
theft, Varnau said.

It was only after American Express called her employer in
February 2008 to ask about a payment with a company check that
Yeomans was caught, Varnau said. It took investigators about a year
to uncover the full extent of the alleged embezzlement, he
said.

But Yeomans was fired immediately in 2008, and Varnau said she
signed an agreement with the company to turn over her assets. He
said Quality Woodworks has recovered about $2 million from the sale
of Yeomans' home and other property, including several luxury
cars.

It is unclear how the embezzlement affected the business. Gregg
Durmer, the company's president according to California business
records, could not be reached Friday. Varnau said the company had
been forced to lay off employees and restructure operations as a
result of the thefts.

Varnau said Yeomans was an avid, perhaps addicted gambler, who
frequented North County casinos. Mostly sticking to slots, she won
and lost as much as $42 million over seven years, he said. Even
after she was fired, he said she continued to gamble
rapaciously.

Varnau said one year Yeomans put $400,000 on her Nordstrom card
and paid $25,000 to remodel the bedroom into a closet.

Besides shoes, Yeomans allegedly had 160 designer purses worth
$320,000 and clothes worth about $300,000 in the room. The sergeant
said she made some of her purchases on shopping trips to Italy.

"It was a crazy lifestyle, and money was apparently no object,"
the sergeant said.